Question : PROFITS AND LOSS OF PSUS

(a) whether the production in many Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) has decreased and the losses incurred by these PSUs have gone up;

(b) if so, the reasons therefor;

(c) whether the Government has identified some PSUs and instructed them to show profits during the next financial year;

(d) if so, the names of such PSUs and the details of instructions issued to them;

(e) whether the Government proposes to give any financial assistance to the loss making PSUs; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

THE MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES & PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI SONTOSH MOHAN DEV)

(a) to (f): A Statement is laid on the table of the House.